Aftermarket cruise control (car)

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My el-cheapo car does not have cruise control and 8hrs of driving back from adelaide and 4 police encounters later I decided I need one :D

Been looking at AP60 for $250. Is there any better options ?
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javaman wrote:My el-cheapo car does not have cruise control and 8hrs of driving back from adelaide and 4 police encounters later I decided I need one :D

Been looking at AP60 for $250. Is there any better options ?

yes buy a non-el-cheapo car :lol:
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mfzx6r wrote:
javaman wrote:My el-cheapo car does not have cruise control and 8hrs of driving back from adelaide and 4 police encounters later I decided I need one :D

Been looking at AP60 for $250. Is there any better options ?

yes buy a non-el-cheapo car :lol:
Why would I buy a great fast car only to have it set at cruise then :idea:
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javaman wrote:
mfzx6r wrote:
javaman wrote:My el-cheapo car does not have cruise control and 8hrs of driving back from adelaide and 4 police encounters later I decided I need one :D

Been looking at AP60 for $250. Is there any better options ?

yes buy a non-el-cheapo car :lol:
Why would I buy a great fast car only to have it set at cruise then :idea:
there's no pleasing you is there ?? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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mate $250 is not bad.

my brother enquired for his old lancer and it was around the $300 mark.

maybe wait for the supercheap auto boxing day sale 20% off everything
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I've got one on my XF andi. It was ok.....




For the week or two it lasted. Probably really good if you can manage a decent enough way to hook it up to the throttle cable, I couldn't.
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Thanks, I just bought AP60 + clutch switch option at $239. They got a big sale happening at autobarn. Not bad as there are some at ebay fro $249 not including shipping and clutch switch.

Can't wait for tomorrow :!:
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Andy the point of havin a fast car is to get to the acceptable speed as fast as possible :wink: and to keep the youngans in there rice burners hounest :D
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my ute has cruise cont..i rearely use the thing.... now it dont work tho...bastard...
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Wohoo! Got it working and it worked better than I had expected. I've used late-model schmick commodore cruise control before and this $239 thing is waaay better. It just doesn't run off even going uphill..downhill... Wonder if I can fit this onto the bike :lol:

Should have read the installation manual addendum first tho ... :oops:
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javaman wrote: Should have read the installation manual addendum first tho ... :oops:
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So this fits on an Auto I take it? what's the Clutch switch thingy? I'm thinking of putting one in my EB Falcon it's an Auto,
I got busted Christmas last year in NZ for 117 in a 100 zone, I was pissed off 'cos I wasn't even in a hurry! just cruising along in my Olds 4WD and didn't realised I'd slipped past the 100km/h until I saw the cop throw on his lights! then I had the dilemma of do I show my Aussie or NZ licence! I decided to go with the NZ one just in case he was a VERY Diligent cop and the points followed me back to Oz on my Aussie licence :roll: at least he was nice enough to warn me of his two mates cruising the road another 50 or so Km ahead of us (as he wrote out my NZ$120 fine :evil: )
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javaman wrote:Why would I buy a great fast car only to have it set at cruise then :idea:
To save yourself this :)
javaman wrote:8hrs of driving back from adelaide and 4 police encounters later I decided I need one :D {/quote]
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ducati_paul wrote:So this fits on an Auto I take it? what's the Clutch switch thingy? I'm thinking of putting one in my EB Falcon it's an Auto,
I got busted Christmas last year in NZ for 117 in a 100 zone, I was pissed off 'cos I wasn't even in a hurry! just cruising along in my Olds 4WD and didn't realised I'd slipped past the 100km/h until I saw the cop throw on his lights! then I had the dilemma of do I show my Aussie or NZ licence! I decided to go with the NZ one just in case he was a VERY Diligent cop and the points followed me back to Oz on my Aussie licence :roll: at least he was nice enough to warn me of his two mates cruising the road another 50 or so Km ahead of us (as he wrote out my NZ$120 fine :evil: )
Auto would be even better since you don't need clutch switch! The only switch needed is the brake switch which is included in the package anyway.

Maybe a cheaper version (AP50) will work too but I wouldn't fuss the $30 difference.
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Did you fit it yourself? was it difficult? do you have a website for the kits? is this too many questions?
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